The elected president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, yesterday described new coup d’état in process
the assault of the Public Ministry (MP) launched this weekend against the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), and declared: We must all unite, active and strong in the defense of each of the votes, of democracy, of the Constitution
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Arévalo reported yesterday on social network X that with the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the lines of bilateral cooperation began to be drawn.
Well, here we are returning from Mexico. We had to alter the trip given the situation that has arisen with this blatant assault by the Public Ministry. But yesterday we had an excellent conversation with President López Obrador and Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena
he pointed.
The future ruler referred to the confiscation of original documents from the general elections of last June 25, in the first round, when Arévalo gave the surprise and went to the second round, in the fourth raid on the TSE headquarters.
I ask you to keep an eye on the steps to follow from now on. #NoMoreSilence
Arévalo published in X.
The judicial offensive against Arévalo received new condemnations from the United States, the United Nations (UN), the Organization of American States (OAS), Spain and Chile.
Washington and the UN condemned the judicial siege of the electoral court, since punched
the peaceful transition of power in the Central American country.
The State Department added: The United States is seriously concerned about continued efforts to undermine the peaceful transition of power. The Guatemalan Public Ministry seized electoral material in the custody of the TSE, in addition to attempts to strip electoral officials of immunity and raids on their offices and storage facilities
spokesman Mathew Miller said in a statement.
It is a undemocratic action that undermines the democratic institutions of Guatemala and is incompatible with the principles of the Inter-American Democratic Charter
he added. The Guatemalan people have spoken and their voice must be respected
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The State Department warned that it was taking steps to impose visa restrictions on individuals who undermine Guatemala’s democracy, including current and former members of Congress, judicial actors, and anyone else who engages in such behavior
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In response, the Guatemalan Public Ministry stressed that it is an autonomous institution that is not subordinated to any international entity
and? acts in all cases with objectivity and impartiality to guarantee strict compliance with the law
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, expressed his deep concern about the new attack from Geneva. These events are the latest in a long list of very worrying actions taken in recent weeks that, taken together, appear designed to undermine the integrity of the electoral process and undermine the rule of law.
he commented.
The OAS stated that the searches of the TSE of Guatemala constitute actions similar to those of authoritarian regimes, and its secretary general, Luis Almagro, wrote in X: The sovereignty resides in the town. Respecting the electoral authorities means respecting the popular will. An attack or confiscation of electoral material by incompetent authorities violates democracy and damages the sovereignty of the country
reported Free Press.
In front of the TSE, the vice president-elect, Karin Herrera, called on the population to exercise their right to protest peacefully in defense of democracy, according to Free Press.
A blow to the elections and to the will of the people expressed at the polls is being carried out
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The Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) maintains eight legal actions regarding the elections pending resolution.
As elected authorities, with the support of the Semilla Movement and the people of Guatemala, we have fought the battle to defend the popular will
Herrera explained, but indicated that this went from being a legal dispute to something dirty
orchestrated by actors who want the permanence in power of a group of corrupt people
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The theft of the minutes, at the discretion of the vice president-elect, has serious underlying intentions: We do not doubt that the objective of these seditious officials is the annulment of the results and the destruction of the democratic regime
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Elected deputies from Movimiento Semilla will deliver a letter to the Constitutional Court (CC) requesting that a jurisdiction issue promoted by the TSE be resolved as soon as possible.
With this action they would expect the CC to define whether or not a criminal judiciary can have an impact on the elections, after what happened in recent weeks with the resolutions of the seventh criminal judge, Fredy Orellana.
The CC has not established a position on the issue, even the protections that the TSE has presented seeking to stop search warrants for fear of violating the electoral process have only been sent to the CSJ.
Civil organizations joined the support, including the Council of Communal Mayors of the 48 Cantons of Totonicapán, which called for a national strike
for this Monday in various parts of the region, against the coup attempts, Telesur reported.
Several of these forces warned that they will apply ancestral Mayan justice to those involved in the attempted coup d’état to perpetuate the corruption regime in Guatemala, among them the attorney general and head of the MP, Consuelo Porras, the special prosecutor Rafael Curruchiche and the judge Fredy Orellana.
The Chamber of Commerce, the National Business Council and the Coordinating Committee of Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial and Financial Associations made an urgent call to the judicial body to stop the acts of the MP that they describe as illegal
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The Episcopal Conference of Guatemala also expressed its repudiation of the raids on the facilities of electoral authorities.
Source La Jornada